Haystack

The fastest and most secure way to search all your work

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Haystack helps you make the most of your time, by searching all your files and documents in the cloud in one place. It's been built for privacy from the ground up, so your data isn't stored on a server, just your computer.
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Ronnie Boadi

Installing was super quick and it found my documents in a heartbeat. Searching was surprisingly rapid and it already feels feature rich. Can't wait to see how this builds from here.

Pros:

Quick to set up, powerful and simple

Cons:

Could add more options for new tab page

CharlesDouglasOsborn
Maker
Thanks for the review Ronnie! Would love to add more options to our new tab. Are there any in particular that you would like to see? @ronnie_boadi
Paige Birnbaum

As someone who normally has 30 tabs open at a time and rarely ever turns off their laptop for fear of loosing track of what they were working on, this is really a game changer for me. Highly recommend!

Pros:

It's so simple and easy to use. Super intuitive so took no time to set up. Makes finding my documents a breeze.

Cons:

Limited previews for .pngs and .jpegs so don't always know what image I'm opening if I didn't label it properly

CharlesDouglasOsborn
Maker
Thanks so much @paige_birnbaum for the review! We're working on getting better previews for all integrations, including the download files which I think is what you ran into. Appreciate the feedback!
Dai Truong

I'm excited about the product Charles is building and am sure the integrations/shortcuts will only get better.

Pros:

This is a quick way for me to bounce between emails, sheets, and docs. It easily saves me 15+ minutes a day.

Cons:

- Allow users to update the default sites attached to "slash searches" - Added integration for folders on computer/desktop

CharlesDouglasOsborn
Maker
Thanks so much for the review Dai! The ability to add additional default Slash Search is definitely something we're building out! And the folders on the Desktop/Documents will be available in our Desktop version... coming soon :).
Anna Filou
I haven't tried this yet but how does it compare to simply using Spotlight on a Mac? I have my Google Drive locally syncing with my MacBook and spotlight can find search queries inside documents too, so I wonder if using Haystack offers any advantage?
CharlesDouglasOsborn
Maker
@anna_0x Hi Anna, great question! So if you just use Drive, then there is limited advantages (except maybe taking up less space on your machine). The main advantages would be: - Searching Drive directly means files that have not synced will also show up - Ability to search other file locations too (OneDrive, Slack, Gmail) - Ability to also search your browser history - Ability to add Drive documents into a 'Collection' and open them all at the same time when you want to. However, this current version is also just a browser extension which means that it can only search your Downloads folder on your computer, so the advantage spotlight has over it are it can also search your Desktop/Documents folder. We have a version in the works that will support these though. Overall Drive sync + Spotlight isn't a bad solution to the problem though! Are there other features that you would like that would make it better than the Drive/Spotlight solution you have now?
Anna Filou
@cdouglasosborn1 I see, so this is mostly aimed at people who have their files stored on multiple cloud storage providers (and use Gmail and Slack which I don't..) Honestly, Spotlight + GDrive offline sync works pretty much perfectly ^^; The "Ability to add Drive documents into a 'Collection' and open them all at the same time when you want to." sounds like a cool feature though. It's like what Workona does with Chrome tabs.
CharlesDouglasOsborn
Maker
@anna_0x Exactly, very similar to Workona for the collections feature. Glad you've got a system that works well for you, that's the important thing! :)
Travis Murdock
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Not more to tell

Pros:

Love the idea of finding everything in one place

Cons:

Needs to store my index in the cloud so it can't be lost when my computer is lost.

Eric Chaves
So far, I'm quite impressed! I use google drive for a lot of my business documents. Right out of the box, haystack has boosted my productivity finding and opening these google drive files. I'm excited to keep exploring the product to see how else it will help my workflow. I will definitely use the "collections" feature which can save a group of browser tabs I have open for one project that I need to work on later.
CharlesDouglasOsborn
Maker
@eric_chaves Thanks for checking us out! Really glad you love the collections feature, its one that seems like it wouldn't work in a search tool, but I think it really gets us closer to the first place people go to for creating and continuing work.
Ronnie Boadi
This is one of those rare finds that is so simple to use that you wonder where it's been all this time. Why did nobody make this before? Super quick and solves a common everyday issue we all face. Nice work Charles!
CharlesDouglasOsborn
Maker
@ronnie_boadi Thanks Ronnie! I couldn't agree more :)
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